Cambridge welcomes refugees, but few are resettled there

In their efforts to help refugees, well-meaning residents and local politicians have come up against the city?s high cost of living and the limitations of local government.

Three dead in shooting in Madison, Maine, police say

Three people were killed and a fourth person wounded in a series of shootings in the town of Madison. The suspected shooter was killed by police.

What?s that smell in the air? In Boston, marijuana

Cannabis users emboldened by the drug?s new legal status are altering the scentscape.

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The officer was ambushed by an ex-convict who once ranted online about his treatment in prison. He was later killed after pulling a gun on police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding09131614frates1met-11932-ktXE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Pete Frates gets help with medical bills

The man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge and his family are being helped by a new program that covers the uninsured cost of skilled home care.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Rinaldi03electricbills02.jpg Your town may switch you to a ?greener? energy plan ? on your dime

A municipality can buy power on behalf of its residents, even if it means switching to a more expensive supplier. To avoid paying more, you have to be proactive.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cop.JPG In which month are Mass. drivers most likely to get a traffic ticket?

As far as days of the week go, Fridays had the highest number of violations in recent years, while significantly fewer were issued on Sundays.

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Volvo will begin producing electric motors for all of its vehicles by 2019.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/tweet1-4997-k3EH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg ?Terrorism? misspelled on Indiana war memorial

The memorial designer said the error is a ?pretty small thing to worry about,? but phones have been ringing ?off the hook.?

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Did last-minute interventions from President Trump and the pope make a tragic situation worse?

Jessica Card (left) tends her net in the Penobscot River, with help from Julie Keene. Baby eels changed the women?s financial fortunes after the price skyrocketed several years ago.

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Baby eels have changed fortunes for Maine fishermen ? and brought trouble

After a devastating tsunami wiped out many of Japan?s eel farms, fishing for baby eels meant big bucks and a black market.

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?Cisco,? who was tagged last year off Nantucket, was released as soon as the fishermen saw the ocean predator had a transponder affixed to its dorsal fin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LostKitchen-header.jpg Welcome to the Lost Kitchen, the best Maine restaurant you may never be able to eat at

More than 10,000 people called the day reservations opened for the season. The story behind this out-of-the-way restaurant is one of second chances.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/677735454.jpg Mindy Kaling shares her Improper cover

?In case you forgot where I?m from, I was raised on Peking ravioli, 99 Restaurant, channel 56 and the Coffee Coolatta.?

Fourth of July

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The pop star has made a routine of spending July 4 at home with famous friends, but this year, the only familiar faces have been her parents.

Andy Grammer performed in the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

MUSIC REVIEW

Pyrotechnics and patriotism from the Boston Pops

This year?s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular represented a rebirth of sorts for the long-running, city-beloved concert.

Boston Red Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi (16) is congratulated by teammate Hanley Ramirez (13) on his three-run home run against the Texas Rangers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)

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RED SOX 11, RANGERS 4

Andrew Benintendi has his groove back, and Red Sox are rolling

The outfielder went 5 for 5 and David Price threw six scoreless for the Sox, who won their sixth straight.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/jellyfish.jpg If you?re on the beach and see this creature, stay far, far away

Officials have received several reports of Portuguese man-of-wars ? venomous, jellyfish-like creatures ? washing up on shore.

An Iraqi Special Forces soldier walked on Wednesday among on clothes left behind by fleeing civilians as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul.

Analysis

The Islamic State is going to lose its strongholds. Then what happens?

The ability to control Mosul and Raqqa served as a warped validation of the group?s ambitions to build a modern-day caliphate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/tuscany.jpg Ancient concrete outlasted an empire, and it could help us outlast rising seas

Roman builders used the world?s ?most durable? concrete, and it still holds lessons for modern engineers.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11954.jpg Even in crisis, UMass Boston can?t shake its habit of political hiring

I thought the University of Massachusetts Boston had fallen on hard times, but apparently that depends on whose times we are discussing.

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